NPRC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2019
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- Nov 30, 2019
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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The newsletter covers activities by the NPRC and also shares NTJWG activities.
Who will guide the guides
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- Nov 21, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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On 20 November 2019, supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) gathered at the party headquarters in Harare for the Hope of the Nation Address which was scheduled to be addressed by the party President Nelson Chamisa. The hostile response by the police who indiscriminately beat the crowd with baton sticks, with booted feet and fired tear gas in the busy Central Business District resulted in many citizens involved in their daily business being injured or bundled into police vehicles.
Statutory Instruments January 8 November 2019 List
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- Nov 8, 2019
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS OF 2019
SI 2019 246 Collective Bargaining Agreement Medical and Allied Industry
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- Jul 31, 2019
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Collective Bargaining Agreement: Medical and Allied Industry
Constitution Watch 5 2019 Legality of Searches by Soldiers
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- Feb 28, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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A search of a person’s home or property is an infringement of their right to privacy,guaranteed by section 57 of the Constitution.
NPRC WATCH "NOT ALONE" :THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
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- Feb 8, 2019
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- Transitional Justice
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In this edition of the NPRC Watch, we are expanding the scope of the discussion to look at not only the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) but all relevant independent commissions that are established to support democracy and entrench human rights through Chapter 12 of the Constitution. We look at the role of these commissions in the times of crisis when violations of human rights are on the increase. It is for times like these that such commissions were established.
ZPP January MMR 2019
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- Jan 31, 2019
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- Elections
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The data collected reported six hundred and eighty eight human rights violations, which have been incorporated into the Shutdown Atrocities Report of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (of which ZPP is member).
Constitution Watch 2 2019 Internet Shutdown
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- Jan 19, 2019
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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In this bulletin we shall examine the legality of the Internet shut-downs against the background of the Constitution, international law and the Interception of Communications Act.
‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’, CLOSED FOR DISSENT CRACKDOWN IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE NATIONAL STAY-AWAY 14-16 JANUARY 2019
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- Jan 16, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
- Riots
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This briefing analyses events and the context, and documents key human rights concerns in months prior to, during and following the national stay-away protests which started on 14 January 2019 and ended on 16 January 2019. The findings are based on interviews with witnesses, victims, victims’ families, human rights defenders and activists, journalists, lawyers and Zimbabwean non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as desk-based research.
ZPP December MMR 2018
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- Dec 31, 2018
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Human Rights violations continued on a downward trend in the month of December with 136 violations recorded, down from the 164 recorded in November. Zanu PF was responsible for most of the violations followed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police officers and Municipal police officers.
ZPP November MMR 2018
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- Nov 30, 2018
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The report highlights how the Zimbawe Republic Police made up 25% of the perpetrators of Human Rights Violations which was one of the highest figures in 2018.
Transitional Justice Policy Symposium Report 2018
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- Nov 23, 2018
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- Gukurahundi
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This report captures all the proceedings of the symposium, speeches, expert exchanges and outcomes. With QR codes scattered across the report, the reader is invited to join the dialogue, to watch the videos of the presentations and capture the full emotion of the 2018 symposium.
RecordsRetentionDisposalPolicy v3 FINAL
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- Nov 16, 2018
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This Records Retention and Disposal Policy is part of the Information Management Policy Framework and supports the Records Management Policy through setting out the roles and responsibilities of Information Asset Owners and supporting staff in making record retention and disposal decisions.
ZIM NGO Forum 2017 Annual Report
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- Nov 12, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
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This report presents the work of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum for the period beginning January 2017 to December 2017.The report takes into account the strategic pathway which drove the organisation and the operational challenges it faced together with its members.
Archiving The Zimbabwean Human Rights Crisis A Collaborative Approach to International Advocacy
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- Nov 10, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
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A major human rights and humanitarian crisis has been developing inZimbabwe for the past several years and has reached a critical juncture.Relative to other trouble-spots in Africa, the nature and dimensions of thecrisis in Zimbabwe are simple. There are no rebel forces fighting for controlof resources or territory, no secessionist movements seeking to break away,no religious conflicts, and no collapse of state institutions. Rather,Zimbabwe is a classic case of an authoritarian government clinging topower and using whatever methods it considers necessary to ensure itscontinued survival.
ZPP MMR October 2018
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- Oct 31, 2018
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The Month of October recorded a total of 235 violations. There was a rise in the violations connected to assault and most perpetrators where male affiliated to the ruling ZANU PF party.
ACHPR Statement 63rd Ordinary Session on the ACHPR
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- Oct 24, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
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Statement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the 63rdOrdinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights under Agenda Item 4e 24 October-13 November 2018 :Statement on the Overall Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe
What do Zimbabweans see as state responsiveness 17 October 2018 (1)
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- Oct 17, 2018
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The match between citizens’ aspirations and the promises made by political parties comes to fore most strongly when elections are pending. The presumption is that the parties contesting an election have been building their manifestos in a careful dialogue with their members, as well as finding ways to persuade the electorate at large to have confidence in the manifesto.
ZPP September MMR 2018
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- Sep 30, 2018
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ZPP recorded a total of 124 cases containing 226 human rights violations showing a downward trajectory from the 266 violations recorded in August. In comparison to the previous month, there has been a spike in the cases of discrimination with the highest being reported from Midlands, followed by Masvingo, Manicaland and Mashonaland East.
Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18
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- Aug 1, 2018
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The report includes Findings and recommendations by the Commission following the 1 August 2018 events.
NTJWG Pre Election Transitional Justice Briefing
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- Jul 26, 2018
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- Transitional Justice
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The report presents areas of concern as Zimbabweans head for the polls in the first post-Mugabe election. It is a tightly contested election pitting a post-Tsvangirai opposition coalition and a post-Mugabe ruling party. Both the opposition and the ruling party are promising real change, equating the plebiscite to the 1980 elections that ushered in majority rule.
Organised Violence and Torture report: April to June 2018
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- Jun 30, 2018
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- Trauma
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The month of April also witnessed increasing tensions between the government and its employees with the government failing to respond to the concerns of workers in the public sector. This led to another strike by nurses, which compromised the right to health care. The March 2018 strike by doctors was followed by a nurse’s strike on 16th of April. Vice President Chiwenga responded by firing all striking nurses violating section 65 (2) (3) of the Constitution, which recognises the right of all employees to engage in collective bargaining with the exception of the security service.
State Of Human Rights Report 2017
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- May 23, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
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The year 2017 proved once again that the human rights violations in Zimbabwe are hardly sporadic violations but are systematic with state apparatus playing a key role. The interdependence nature of human rights was further reaffirmed. As the economic meltdown continued, social unrest increased. The police were the easy tool for the state to deal with social unrest as they continued to use heavy-handed tactics to deal with vendors and silence dissenting voices.
ZPP April MMR 2018.
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- Apr 30, 2018
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- 2008 & Beyond
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Two major events helped to shape the political climate and human rights situation in the country in April. These were the Independence Day celebrations and the ZanuPF primary elections at the end of the month. The Independence Day celebrations resulted in a marked rise in incidents of coercion as ZanuPF officials in different parts of the country forced members of the public to make donations for the celebrations. The ruling party’s primary elections on the other hand accounted for a noticeable rise in cases of intraparty squabbling and occasional violence as aspiring candidates competed for nomination.
ZPP March MMR 2018.
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- Mar 31, 2018
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With the polls fast approaching, an increase of less than 10% was recorded in violations recorded from the 176 cases recorded in February to 188. Most Violations were related to the demand for voter registration slips.
ZPP February MMR 2018
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- Feb 28, 2018
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A dark cloud engulfed the country in the early evening hours of the ‘day of love’ February 14 as news of the passing on of the champion and icon of democracy Morgan Richard Tsvangirai filtered. Tsvangirai leaves an indelible footprint in the fight for democracy. In death Tsvangirai who succumbed to colon cancer was saluted even by those who caused him and his supporters untold suffering over the years since the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change in 1999.
ZPP January MMR 2018.
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- Jan 31, 2018
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There was a 24% increase of violations from 186 cases in December to 245 violations in January. The majority of violations were around the forced surrender of voter registration slips to record serial numbers by mostly Zanu PF members and activists.
ZPP December MMR 2017
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- Dec 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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The Zimbabwe Peace Project is worried by the nature of incidents recorded in December although the number of cases were in a downward trend, 124 from 190 recorded in November.
May OVT Report 2017
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- Dec 31, 2017
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The Forum documented violations relating to economic, social and cultural rights. The right to education continues to be violated by school authorities that turn children away over non-payment of school fees and levies.
Labour Law Reform Brochure
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- Nov 30, 2017
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The theme in this campaign is Harmonisation of Labour Laws to comply with International Labour Standards'. Kindly find below a summary of the shortcomings in our labour law and the workers' demands.